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So you’ve set your goals and you’re working diligently towards achieving them. You’ve set a schedule and you’re sticking to it. You have short term goals and long term goals and you’re going slow and steady and ticking things off

I think we’ve all seen the cop shows where the perp buckles in the interrogation room and says, “I think I’d like to see my lawyer now.” And he knows he needs them, because he knows he’s caught. But when

Remember the good ol’ days of writing? When you would type and type and type on your trusty typewriter only to realize that what you were writing was complete and utter crap? You would rip the page from the typewriter,

I was at a festival last year and we stopped for a lunch break. Lunch was provided so we all went to the lunchroom, helped ourselves to a decent meal, and everyone (I hope it wasn’t just me) tried to

“That jerk just used half my pitch time!!” If you’ve been through the pitching cycle at festivals you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. If you haven’t yet, this is bound to happen to you. And if you’re not ready

It’s a question many of us heard as kids on the playground. The school bully wanted to make us feel small so he (or she) belittled us by challenging us to tell them, and everyone, why we were special. I

Howdy folks. Sorry this week’s blog is a little late. I’ll try not to let that happen again. Today I want to talk about you. Who are you? What is your brand? Who are you representing yourself to be? The

Well I didn’t see that coming. I lost my notebook. You know the book I say you should always have with you? The one you take everywhere? To the gym and the movies and on dates and vacations? Well I use mine

I’m in New York this week and I’ve been thinking a lot about nutrition. Having a couple of meetings a day for a few days in a row might not seem like much, but the stress and preparation one goes

I’ve spent a lot of time talking about creating pitches, and not sharing points on your show, and what to look for in option agreements, but let’s go back. Waaay back to a time when all there was was an

I was submitting a One Sheet to a production company a while ago and they asked me to sign a submission form. This is standard practice and I wasn’t too concerned as I have worked with this company in the

You may have heard me talk by now about social setting pitching and how it is rarely a good idea. Meeting someone in public is an opportunity to ask for a meeting, at most, but not a good time to